School of Nursing Center for Simulation & Clinical Innovation

Mission
The University of Michigan-Flint School of Nursing Center for Simulation & Clinical Innovation (SON-CSCI) is dedicated to excellence in healthcare education by advancing patient safety and improving interprofessional communication, teamwork, and clinical performance through state-of-the-art simulation-based learning experiences and research. The mission of the School of Nursing Center for Simulation & Clinical Innovation is to provide high-quality simulation-based learning experiences for future healthcare professionals, focusing on evidence-based, culturally competent, collaborative interprofessional patient-centered care, thus improving patient safety and health outcomes.

Vision
The University of Michigan-Flint School of Nursing will be a leader in the innovative use of simulation-based education technologies for nursing and interprofessional healthcare education. This will be accomplished by:

1. Offers a safe multi-modal simulated learning environment for learning, where high-quality, safe patient care is emphasized through the utilization of evidence-based clinical decision-making.
2. Competency-based assessments of our learners.
3. Fostering collaborative partnerships between disciplines both within the University of Michigan-Flint and the local community to facilitate the development of interprofessional teamwork and communication skills.
4. Advancing the science of simulation-based education by contributing to the growing body of knowledge supporting the role of simulation in healthcare education and improved patient outcomes.

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